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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...University of Michigan has the impression that Bourne, who secured one or two events last year by false starts, will win several events this year. He is a very good all around...
...that he can now run 440 yards in 56 seconds. This is about five seconds slower than will suffice for him to win first place. F. R. Smith. '86, and L. Bradner, Jr., '89, are about the only men now working at the half-mile run. Both get around the track at about a 2.08 gait. It is just seven and one-fifth seconds slower than the inter-collegiate record, however...
...Davison, S. S. S., '88, is a good all around mile walker, and is pretty well assured of a place in this event at the games. Whether this place will be first or second it is impossible to tell at present. A pretty straight tip from one inside is that Davison is continually beating his own record, and that great things may be expected of him after a few weeks' skillful training and handling...
...fire from box 78 at 10.50 last night brought more than half the men in college to Fresh Pond. Those who took the two mile run over fields, fences, ditches, and barbed wire, were well repaid for their trouble by one of the grandest sights that has been seen around Cambridge for a long time. For over an hour four large ice houses were a mass of flames. There was no ice in the buildings, but there was a quantity of sawdust which added to the brilliancy of the conflagration...
...freshmen were the first to appear, carrying the varsity barge down to the water with great pride and care. They started off, stroke and seven taking up the stroke, and going up the river around the point under Capt. Mumford's directions. They were gone about a half hour when they came back, all rowing together. They rowed in fair form for a freshman crew, especially stroke, two and bow. As soon as '89 was through, the 'varsity climbed into their barge and disappeared up the river, rowing easily and slowly till out of sight. In about ten minutes...